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Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[27.Mar.09] :. On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

 

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Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

by Bill Gibron

[20.Mar.09] :. While it's not a work of real visionary power, Johnny Got His Gun's ideas will literally blow you away. This is not a mess or misstep. This is a minor masterpiece.

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PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own Feature

Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking

by PopMatters Staff

[19.Jun.07] :. Every staid situation needs shaking up, none more so that the labored Hollywood studio system. The titles chosen for this section stand out as reasons why things had to change, the results of those seismic stylistic shifts.

PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own

 

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Once Upon a Time in the West: Special Collector’s Edition (1968)

by Elbert Ventura

[17.Nov.03] :. Sergio Leone never met a portentous entrance he didn't like.

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Storyville (1992)

by James Oliphant

[14.Oct.03] :. Bourbon Street may not necessarily be known for its martial arts instruction, but Storyville is willing to get a little strange when it needs to.

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Magnolia (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Riding in his cruiser, LAPD Officer Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly) explains what his days are like. While he laments “so much violence,” he also understands it as “the way of the...

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Magnolia (1999)

by Todd Ramlow

As Academy Award nomination season rolls around, I hope that Paul Thomas Anderson’s absolutely brilliant Magnolia receives the accolades that it so richly deserves. The pedestrian tastes...